CHARACTER INTERVIEW—Rendezvous With
Yesterday
Thank you for joining me! I’m very happy to be here at E-Reading After
Midnight, celebrating the upcoming release RENDEZVOUS WITH YESTERDAY, the
second book in my new series The Gifted Ones and my first time travel
romance. Every time I release a new
book, I like to introduce readers to the characters they’ll find in it via
character interviews. While many authors
interview their characters themselves, I prefer to let my characters interview
each other . . . which poses a bit of a challenge for me this time. The bulk of RENDEZVOUS WITH YESTERDAY takes
place in 13th century England, and men and women in the Middle Ages
didn’t interview each other for e-newsletters.
So I’ve decided to let Sheldon (a popular human in my Immortal Guardians
paranormal romance series) interview Marcus, a powerful Immortal Guardian who
also happens to appear in RENDEZVOUS WITH YESTERDAY as a mortal teenaged squire.
Sheldon: Hey, man.
I know you’re busy, so thank you for taking the time to do another
interview.
Marcus:
Of course. Although, I admit I’m
a bit puzzled. We’ve already done a few
of these to make the humans who work for us at The Network feel more at ease
around us. Did the other interviews not
help?
Sheldon: They helped a lot, actually. But—as you know—there have been some
incidents at The Network recently that . . . how should I put this . . .
Marcus:
Scared the hell out of the mortals?
Sheldon:
Yeah. Pretty much.
Marcus:
I can understand that. Especially
since they suffered some losses.
Sheldon:
Exactly. So we’re starting the
interviews up again. And Marcus, when it
comes to Immortal Guardians that fascinate the mortal employees the most, Seth
is first on the list, but you are a
very close second.
Marcus:
*beleaguered sigh* Gee, I wonder why?
Sheldon:
*laughs * Dude. You have to admit your background is pretty usual. And I’m not talking about the whole immortal
thing. I’m talking about—
Marcus:
Bethany.
Sheldon:
Yes
Marcus: I
don’t know why everyone feels they need to pry into my past so often.
Sheldon:
Come on, man. She traveled
through time! You actually met a woman
eight hundred years ago who was from this century. What was that like?
Marcus: *smiles*
Well, if I were to coin one of your phrases, I would say it kicked ass.
Sheldon: *laughs*
I’ll bet it did. You were still
mortal when you met her, weren’t you?
Marcus: Yes. It
was the year 1203, I believe. And I was
squiring for Lord Robert, the Earl of Fosterly.
Sheldon: According to rumor, you loved Robert like a
brother.
Marcus: I did indeed.
He was an honorable man, through and through. A fierce fighter, who could only be bested by
his older brother, Dillon. And a bit of
a forward thinker for a man of his time.
But then his brother Dillon was, as well, thanks to his longtime
association with gifted ones.
Sheldon: Okay, for the newbies at the network, would
you explain what a gifted one is?
Marcus: Of course.
Gifted ones are men and women
who were born with advanced DNA that lends them special talents or abilities
that ordinary humans lack, such as telepathy, telekinesis, the ability to heal
with one’s hands and the like.
Sheldon: You were a gifted one before you became immortal. What gift were you born with?
Marcus: The ability to see ghosts.
Sheldon: That is so freaking creepy.
Marcus: Yes, it is.
Sheldon: Did Robert know?
Marcus: No.
Like many gifted ones of that
era, I hid my gift.
Sheldon: Even from Bethany?
Marcus: Even from Bethany.
Sheldon: So how did you meet her?
Marcus: A mysterious enemy had been plaguing Robert’s
lands with violence. Robert left one day
to consult a neighboring nobleman and—when he returned a few days later—Beth
was with him.
Sheldon: What was she like?
Marcus: She fascinated me. She was small, but strong. Brave.
Fierce. As fierce a fighter as
Robert. *grins* She was funny, too. So full of mischief. Sparking laughter as often as she could.
Sheldon: Did
she have a hard time adjusting and adhering to the tighter social strictures of
the time?
Marcus: *laughs*
What makes you think she adhered to them?
Sheldon: *grins*
You didn’t think she was odd?
Marcus: Well, her speech was certainly odd. I don’t know if you’re aware of it, but the
English language has changed a great deal since the early 13th
century. Middle English would no doubt
sound to you like a foreign language.
But as for her other oddities . . . I rather liked that she was
different. I was different myself, so I
believe I saw her as something of a kindred spirit.
Sheldon: *arches a brow* A rather bold kindred spirit?
Marcus: *laughs again* Yes, but Robert loved that about her.
Sheldon: What a bizarre pairing.
Marcus: Yes, it was.
One would think a medieval nobleman and a 21st century bounty
hunter would fine no common ground. But
they fell hard for each other. No one
else would have made them as happy as they were together.
Sheldon: Well, I know time is tight, so I’ll wait to
ask you how Bethany went back in time
in our next interview.
Marcus: *shakes his head* You’re going to have to ask Seth that one.
Sheldon: Dude, you know he won’t tell me.
Marcus: *grins*
Not my problem, I’m afraid.
Sheldon: *sighs*
Fine. Thanks again for the
interview.
Marcus: Anytime.
RENDEZVOUS WITH YESTERDAY
